{"id":6032,"date":"2010-02-27T23:10:12","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T05:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musefanpage.com\/blog\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2012-01-06T20:35:05","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T02:35:05","slug":"random-thread-interesting-times-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/?p=6032","title":{"rendered":"Random Thread: &#8220;Interesting Times,&#8221; Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europe came late to kite-flying, no mention of them is made there until the 16th century CE. Meanwhile, the Chinese had been flying kites since the 4th or 5th century BCE. They served many uses besides entertainment, from military technology to meditation. Some played music. Some featured animals with eyes, paws, or tails that moved. We&#8217;ll have just enough time to catch a quick glimpse of these high-flying kites as we sail through the last day of February&#8217;s Random thread.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i171.photobucket.com\/albums\/u291\/rglasley\/MuseBlog01\/kites-1.png\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>(<b>Users&#8217; Manual:<\/b> Obey <a href=\"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/?page_id=18\">The Rules<\/a>. Consult <a href=\"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/?page_id=89\">The Guide<\/a>. Have fun!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe came late to kite-flying, no mention of them is made there until the 16th century CE. Meanwhile, the Chinese had been flying kites since the 4th or 5th century BCE. They served many uses besides entertainment, from military technology to meditation. Some played music. Some featured animals with eyes, paws, or tails that moved. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/?p=6032\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Random Thread: &#8220;Interesting Times,&#8221; Part 3&#8243;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topstuff","category-random-craziness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6032"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10957,"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6032\/revisions\/10957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musefanpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}